Comments on: Mangano on “The Business Case to End Homelessness”, @boardoftrade event http://hummingbird604.com/2009/07/17/mangano-on-the-business-case-to-end-homelessness-boardoftrade-event/ The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Raul http://hummingbird604.com/2009/07/17/mangano-on-the-business-case-to-end-homelessness-boardoftrade-event/comment-page-1/#comment-4981 Raul Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:17:45 +0000 http://hummingbird604.com/?p=3761#comment-4981 @ Julius - I agree, mental illness is a big factor! Thanks for commenting! @ Julius – I agree, mental illness is a big factor! Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Kwame Oh http://hummingbird604.com/2009/07/17/mangano-on-the-business-case-to-end-homelessness-boardoftrade-event/comment-page-1/#comment-4962 Kwame Oh Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:49:16 +0000 http://hummingbird604.com/?p=3761#comment-4962 As usual as is always the case when this issue is raised, the underlining problems, are too easy to ignore, there are many for fear of seeing themselves staring back will not note, that individuals on the street are there not because of just the lack of finance from the state, but just a case of a growing number of individuals who truly feel and live as the disenfranchised of our communities. When the state/community/Family have no support structure in place when the ever present and ever present stress/fear which we all live under gets you, some find the comfort of living the proof of their uselessness to the greater community a comfort, as it at least makes sense of what they perceived as a non existence which drove them to this point as it is. A very understated cause of homeless people, who I would differentiate from people who cannot get homes is above, and can be classified under mental decease, if not a readjustment of what the norms are to you and I , A warped view I will agree, but a view non the less, and however much you spend on housing, safe houses etc there is this growing band who need different kind of help Julius Sowu Virtually-Linked London As usual as is always the case when this issue is raised, the underlining problems, are too easy to ignore, there are many for fear of seeing themselves staring back will not note, that individuals on the street are there not because of just the lack of finance from the state, but just a case of a growing number of individuals who truly feel and live as the disenfranchised of our communities.

When the state/community/Family have no support structure in place when the ever present and ever present stress/fear which we all live under gets you, some find the comfort of living the proof of their uselessness to the greater community a comfort, as it at least makes sense of what they perceived as a non existence which drove them to this point as it is.

A very understated cause of homeless people, who I would differentiate from people who cannot get homes is above, and can be classified under mental decease, if not a readjustment of what the norms are to you and I , A warped view I will agree, but a view non the less, and however much you spend on housing, safe houses etc there is this growing band who need different kind of help

Julius Sowu Virtually-Linked London

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